Jewish-Arab clashes escalate with Tel Aviv area attack
In renewed fighting across Palestine, Hagana forces and Arab combatants clash as Jewish and Arab sides suffer casualties. Aimed at deterring raids, Hagana repelled Arab defenses near Tel Aviv while a market bombing in Jerusalem was reported. Overall toll nears 224 killed in 14 days with 310 dead in the region.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Safad
Associated Press
Holy Land
United Nations General Assembly
Middle East
Hagana
al Yateyma
Tel Aviv
Jewish Defense Army
Coperation
Irgun Zvai Leumi
G O P Unveils 10 Point Anti inflation Plan
Senate Republicans announce a 10 point program to curb rising living costs through voluntary actions on inventories and scarce goods. They seek production boosts, lower spending and taxes with possible future governance of controls. The plan aligns with the Wolcott bill extending export and transport controls and voluntary business accords.
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Washington
Senate
Republicans
Millikin
Colo
Congress
Wolcott
House
House Banking Committee
Lewis quits AFL freeing United Mine Workers from dues
John L. Lewis abandons the AFL in Washington D C and severs ties with AFL leadership. The UMW chief gains control of a sizable cash lump sum and a free hand in the 1948 presidential campaign, enabling renewed organizing outside coal mining and potential competition with AFL CIO in national politics.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Labor
Political Action Commttee
Franklin Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Marshall praised as most wonderful Santa Claus by MP
In London on December 13 Cyril Osborne a Conservative MP called U S Secretary of State Marshall the most wonderful Santa Claus the world has ever seen He praised his plan as historys greatest Christmas box and urged Britain to lead by thanking the Americans for their generosity as they tighten belts to share food won by their labor.
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London
U. S
Marshall
Santa Claus
Cyril Osborne
Osborne
Market Rasen
Lincolnshire
Gland
Evle
Sharing Joys Pays Returns A Christmas Appeal
A newspaper listing shows donations totaling 1285.25 from individuals and organizations including West Monroe Local No 512 IBP PMW and Monroe Opera Club. The page ends with a call to share Christmas cheer with those lacking fullness of life.
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Dan
Larry
Pat
Zee
Harry Russell
Leigh Russell
E. B. Naylor
West Monroe
International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite, and Paper Mill Workers
Fred L. Bhoak
Oss
DOD
Cepuevecas
Sebiere
Alice M. Hay
Women's Benefit Association
Irwin W. Kilpatrick
Joan Willams
Parker
Susan Pardue
Sasensecsas
Little Richard
Blaine Scott
Paul Gaude
Lizzie Morris
A. E. Montgomery, Jr
Joe Montgomery
Economic War With Russia In Prospect
London dispatch reports a no quarter economic war between the United States and the Soviet Union for Europe appears likely as Britain and France seek leadership from Secretary of State Marshall to end the deadlocked foreign ministers conference. Molotov met Marshall for a social luncheon, while ministers postponed Monday’s meeting to cool tensions.
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London
United States
Soviet Union
Europe
Britain
France
Marshall
Molotov
Lewis Douglas
U. S
Funeral services for Mrs Levan Lewis Taylor
Funeral services for Mrs. Levan Lewis Taylor 42 of Downsville will be held at 2 30 p m today at Lake Providence Baptist church in the Point community. Her 7 year old son Scott and two Downsville men in a log truck were injured in a head on crash that killed Mrs Taylor. Sidney Johnson 47 owner of the truck was in Charity Hospital with a fractured rib. His son Raymond 25 had a broken leg and was also a hospital patient. Young Taylor was treated at St Francis sanitarium and released Friday night. The accident occurred on the Point.
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Levan Lewis Taylor
Downsville
Lake Providence Baptist Church
Point Community
Raymond
Johnson
Young Taylor
St. Francis Sanitarium
Compromise Foreign Aid Act Sets 597 Million Total
A Senate House conference approves a 597 million dollar foreign aid act with China included as House demanded. The measure funds stop-communism aid for France, Italy, and Austria as Marshall plan deliberations proceed. It moves to the Senate and House for swift approval awaiting President Truman signature.
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Edwin B. Hankinson
Washington
Senate House
China
House
France
Italy
Austria
Senate
Joint Conference
Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
White House
Truman
Western
Europe
Freak Accidents Dominate 1947 Oddities by Safety Council
The National Safety Council reports 1947 saw bizarre animal driven incidents. A sparrow smoked in bed triggering a fire, a cockroach injured a Detroit man, a dead deer fatally shot a hunter, and a hit-skip cow toppled a Milwaukee bus passenger.
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Public Information
National Safety Council
Towit
Camden
N. J
Marie Baugher
Washington
Clarence Gerkin
Hudson
Colo
Lucy Nostrand
Milwaukee
Six Rhodes Scholars Named From Gulf District
Six college students were chosen to receive Rhodes scholarships to Oxford University. The Gulf district committee selected Frederick Lee Beaty Braunsfels Texas Ewell Edward Murphy San Angelo Texas William Richard Emerson Little Rock Arkansas William L Howard Oklahoma City Oklahoma William Ellis Slesnick Norman Oklahoma and Elmer Rogers Wicker Lake Charles Louisiana.
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New Orleans
Texas
Oklahoma
14Rkansas
Louisiana
Rhodes
Oxford University
England
Gulf District Committee
Frederick Lee Beaty
Braunsfels
Tex
Ewell Edward Murphy
San Angelo
William Richard Emerson
Little Rock
Ark
William L. Howard
Oklahoma City
Okla
William Ellis Slesnick
Norman
Elmer Rogers Wicker
Lake Charles
E. DeGolyer
List of 20 victims named in C-47 crash near Memphis
The complete casualty list of 20 men who died in the flaming wreckage of a C-47 near Memphis, released today. Names include Maj. William M. Hutson of Alexandria, Va., pilot H. J. Schofield of Aberdeen, Md., and others from Virginia, Maryland, Maine, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New York City, New Jersey, and Washington D. C.
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Memphis
Tenn
Here
William M. Hutson
Alexandria
Austin Haley
Arlington Farms
Joseph P. Smith
Washington
D. C
Joseph B. Marsh
Jackson
Miss
H. J. Schofield
Aberdeen
E. R. Damford
Easton
J. J. Maxwell
Maspeth
L. L
Sidney C. Ferrell
Baltimore
J. Taylor
Washington, D. C
Frank P Holloway Monroe News Star figure dies at 60
Frank P Holloway longtime Monroe News Star Morning World assistant to the publisher died at 60 in his Frances Hotel room from a coronary occlusion. He awoke ill after a day of activity and had been in Monroe since 1946 after moving from Indiana where he began in journalism. He was survived by his wife Polly Holloway and his body was moved for services in Pass Christian Mississippi.
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Frank P. Holloway
Monroe
Farmerville
Polly Holloway
Christian
Wilson Ewing
Portland
Ind
Blufton
Little Rock
Ark
Gazette
Indiana
Fort Wayne
Globe-trotting pastor attacks savage diets at Kiwanis talk
Dr. M E Dodd of Shreveport First Baptist spoke at Hotel Virginia to the Kiwanis Club on Wednesday about exotic foods from Nigeria and the supposed savagery of such diets. The well-traveled preacher, credited with a million miles, entertained listeners past noon and drew praise from the audience. Miss Ismet Sanli of Smyrna discussed Turkey’s role in world peace at Town Hall Friday, saying closer contact could avert war and that Pearl Harbor might not have happened with better mutual understanding.
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M. E. Dodd
Globe
Shreveport First Baptist Church
Nigeria
Virginia
Kiwanis Club
Ismet Sanli
Turkey
Smyrna
Europe
Town Hall
Pearl Harbor
United States
Truman warns U S will act if Italy freedom is threatened
President Truman says the United States will consider appropriate measures if Italy's freedom or independence is threatened as 1,600 American troops prepare to depart Leghorn. The statement stresses ongoing U S interest in Italian peace and independence while troops withdraw under the peace treaty.
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Washington
Italy
Truman
United States
Leghorn
United Nations
Seven Injured as Bus Slips Off Highway Near Delhi
A Southern Trailways bus traveling from Shreveport to Meridian overturned on highway 80, ten miles east of Delhi. Seven people, including four Black passengers, were treated for minor injuries at Delhi and Tallulah clinics. The driver lost control after a front wheel left the pavement, with passengers escaping through emergency exits and a broken windshield.
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Southern Trailways
Shreveport
Meridian
Miss
Delhi
J. E. Smith
Miami
Fla
Mulhearn
Tallulah Clinic
Eleanor McMahan
Hattie Schaffer
Josie Lee Malweather
Russ Walker
Ralph Stephens
Rayville
Two Play Dead To Survive Slayings
Chicago police report a mass shooting spree ending with four men killed and one wounded. The eight year old son of victim John Kuesis was reported missing as investigators traced a gangland style ride and a plan to punish perceived informants.
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Chicago
Marquette
Thomas Kuesis
John Kuesis
South Side
Brookfield
Thomas Daley
Daley
Kuesis
Nick Kuesis
Lowell Fentress
James Morelli
Fentress
Smejkal
Callis
Frank Baker
Morelli
Nick
Baker
France Expels About Twenty Russians From Repatriation Mission
Paris reports about 20 Russians tied to the former Soviet repatriation mission were expelled, bringing total expulsions to about 56 since Nov. 25. The foreign ministry said the group should have left Dec. 9 and noted the Russians were not arrested but expelled. The Soviet protest was rejected.
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Paris
Ministry of the Interior
France
Foreign Ministry
Berlin
Interior Ministry
Alexandre Abramov
Marseille
Heat prostration case reported in New Jersey tavern
Police blotter notes Sven Nelson of Irvington, age 55, collapsed in a Union tavern on December 13. Ambulance doctors attributed the incident to heat after he wore too many clothes in a hot room.
Santa flies in to greet Twin City youngsters
Santa Claus arrived by seaplane winning smiles from Twin City children in West Monroe and Monroe. An accidental splash sent 11 year old Cuachita river near the riverbank, but he was rescued and taken to city hall. A massive parade with floats bands and pep squads followed as Santa rode in a gleaming convertible through Pine Trenton Wood and Front streets.
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Santa Claus
Twin City
West
Kenneth Hart
James E. Hart
Georgia Street
Cuachita River
West Monroe
C. C. Bell, Jr
Pine
Trenton
Monroe
Wood
Front
Santa
North Pole
Mrs Mary P Hunter estate valued at 1.96 million in Shreveport
The estate of the late Mrs Mary P Hunter of Shreveport totals 1 962 994.89 in real and personal property per Caddo parish district court inventory. Succession filed by Sam Douglas Hunter William Joseph Hunter Octavia Hunter and Mayne Hunter Ross as principal heirs.
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Shreveport
Mary P. Hunter
S. S. Hunter
Caddo Parish
Sam Douglas Hunter
William Joseph Hunter
Octavia Hunter
Colorado Springs
Colo
Mayne Hunter Ross
Santa Barbara
Calif
Hunter
Santa Leads Parades in Monroe and Monroe Cities
Santa arrived to cheers as floats and marchers paraded through the main streets of Monroe and Monroe yesterday. A large crowd gathered along the riverbanks and the old traffic bridge to greet the bewhiskered visitor. Mayor H. H. Benoit welcomed him after landing.
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Monroe
Santa
H. H. Benoit
Two Die In Flaming Plane Wreckage
Two crewmen died when a national guard A 26 plane crashed on a farm near Howard La. Four others parachuted to safety. The aircraft from Sioux Falls was en route to Middletown Pa. and reportedly ran out of gas. An explosion shook nearby buildings as the crash occurred.
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Williamsport
National Guard
Howard
Sioux Falls
S. D. M. W. Zimmerman
Army
Zimmerman
Howard Telephone Company
Air Force
Middletown
Olmsted Field
Orchard Place
Chicago
Harrisburg
C. Gillen
Peter M. Fitzegerald
Fitzgerald
Gillen
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